Demi Moore discussed the backlash she faced for demanding a $12.5 million salary for her role in the 1996 film 'Striptease', making her the highest-paid actress at the time. On The New York Times’ 'The Interview' podcast, Moore expressed how she was shamed for the role and the salary, as it made her appear to have betrayed both women and men. She highlighted the broader issue of the sexist wage gap in Hollywood, noting that achieving pay equality often leads to public criticism. Moore also compared this backlash to the controversy over her 1991 Vanity Fair cover where she posed pregnant, questioning why pregnant women need to be hidden. Her ex-husband Bruce Willis influenced her decision to demand equal pay, emphasizing that if she was doing the same amount of work, she deserved the same compensation. Moore will next appear in the body-horror film 'The Substance', set for release on September 20.